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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

Facebook is no longer the innovative, nimble startup it once was, and needs to acquire to stay relevant – see the post on Google’s recent acquisition of Nest. If this acquisition, cited as the largest venture backed exit ever, doesn’t change that view, I’m not sure what will.

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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

This is going to be BIG.

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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Defying the Odds

Austin Startup

from the University of Pennsylvania and entered the venture-capital world. Today, I am the CEO of Sputnik ATX, a startup accelerator in Austin that helps promising startups with funding, mentorship and training. I am a Ukrainian girl who came to the U.S. with $100 to her name to study physics, got a Ph.D.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

We stayed in touch and I got to know a bunch of the Louisville startup and creative crew, like Todd Earwood, Matt Winn, and Ashley Cecil. Still, he got his guys in the Ukraine to code something up. Venture Capital & Technology' I'm fearing the day Yahoo goes "Oops!"

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UK venture post Brexit – plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

The Equity Kicker

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Now, 150 days after October 7th, the Israeli startup ecosystem is once again in a tough spot. But here comes the narrative violation: despite the challenges, Israeli tech continues to power on.